The Malabar Trogon inhabits forests in India and Sri Lanka. The male has a blue bill and reddish belly; the female has an olive-brown head and golden belly.
The male has a dark head and throat, blue bill and reddish belly. The female has a pale olive-brown head and chest and a golden-yellow belly.
At dusk it hunts insects from a perch and can catch prey in flight. It also eats small amphibians and reptiles, fruit and berries.
At Sinharaja in Sri Lanka it joined mixed-species foraging flocks. Observations in February–March 1998 often recorded it taking insects in flight with the bill contacting vegetation.
The male has a white band between its dark breast and red belly, with bright rufous upperparts.
Juveniles resemble females, but their wing coverts have fine buff markings.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.